The winter was hard on a few varieties and this was not evident until bud break as the canes showed decent winter survival but no live buds or few week buds emerged. Particularly hard hit was the Leon Millot and Triompe - both these vines are quite similar and have some similar pedigree. With the freeze thaw temperature swings we had in late winter the vines got hammered. They have experienced this before but not as severe and some show cane and trunk damage. It is noteworthy here that at our location you need to be growing renual trunks on millot and triompe every few years. Interesting was that the sister vine to Leon Millot is Marechal Foch and while the millot was really hard hit, the foch looks great. See Leon Millot pictured below, followed by Marechal Foch
Again the Ravat 34 is excellent and there are some monster flower clusters poking out. See below
Another stand out is the Vandal Cliche and for three year old vines they are producing very well - see below.
The L'Acadie Blanc is doing well also with dual clusters visible on every bud. - see below.
The Castel is also doing alright and is slowly improving each year. Same for the Evangeline, Petite Milo and Marquette. The Regent died back to the ground again. Castel Pictured Below
